On October 28, during the conference “10 years of Poland in ESA”, an agreement was signed between ARP and ESA for the creation of an ESA BIC incubator in Poland. The aim of ESA BIC Poland will be, in particular, to support the idea of entrepreneurship and the use of space technologies in various sectors of the economy. Incubation of start-ups in Poland will be carried out in two cities, Warsaw and Rzeszów.
On October 28, during the conference “10 years of Poland in ESA”, an agreement was signed between ARP and ESA for the creation of an ESA BIC incubator in Poland. A startup incubator is a collaborative program for startup companies — usually physically located in one central workspace — designed to help startups in their infancy succeed by providing workspace, seed funding, mentoring and training.
✍ 28 października podczas konferencji „10 lat Polski w ESA” została podpisana umową pomiędzy ARP a @esa na utworzenie inkubatora ESA BIC w Polsce.
Tym samym ESA BIC Poland dołącza do największej w Europie sieci inkubatorów technologicznych jako 26 ESA BIC!#kosmos #inwestycje pic.twitter.com/xjtQhlR3PO
— Agencja Rozwoju Przemysłu (@AgencjaRozwoju) October 28, 2022
“The space sector is an industry that can contribute to the creation of a new model for the development of the Polish economy, based to an even greater extent on knowledge, innovation and technological progress”, said Deputy Minister Kamila Król.
Sektor kosmiczny to branża, która może przyczynić się do stworzenia nowego modelu rozwoju polskiej gospodarki, opartej w jeszcze w większym stopniu na wiedzy, innowacjach i postępie technologicznym – wiceminister Kamila Król na podsumowaniu #10latPLwESA pic.twitter.com/3RfuYyTb7R
— Ministerstwo Rozwoju i Technologii (@MRiTGOVPL) October 28, 2022
On the part of ARP, the agreement was signed by: Cezariusz Lesisz, President of Industrial Development Agency S.A. and Sebastian Dąbski, Vice President of the Industrial Development Agency S.A. On behalf of ESA, it was signed by Josef Aschbacher, ESA Director General.